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The Oddest of Organs: A Brief History of the Tongue

The Oddest of Organs: A Brief History of the Tongue

Kate Crowcroft: “The tongue is employed as a metaphor for the extension and consumption of aeons.”

By Kate Crowcroft | June 22, 2022

The Pervasive Problem—and Far-Reaching Impact—of Tree Poaching

The Pervasive Problem—and Far-Reaching Impact—of Tree Poaching

Lyndsie Bourgon on the Theft of Our Deepest Connection to History

By Lyndsie Bourgon | June 22, 2022

What It Was Like on a Cruise Ship the Night Before COVID Shut the World Down

What It Was Like on a Cruise Ship the Night Before COVID Shut the World Down

On the Zaandam, Where the Band Continued to Play

By Michael Smith and Jonathan Franklin | June 22, 2022

Not Great at Comebacks? Write a Picture Book

Not Great at Comebacks? Write a Picture Book

Andrea Wang Guests on the NewberyTart Podcast

By NewberyTart | June 22, 2022

“Your Character Has to Fail in Telling Their Story.” A Conversation with William Pei Shih

“Your Character Has to Fail in Telling Their Story.” A Conversation with William Pei Shih

From the Ursa Short Fiction Podcast with Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton

By Ursa | June 22, 2022

Aria Song Reads William Pei Shih’s “Happy Family,” a Story of a Chinatown Childhood

Aria Song Reads William Pei Shih’s “Happy Family,” a Story of a Chinatown Childhood

From the Ursa Short Fiction Podcast with Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton

By Ursa | June 22, 2022

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Why the World Owes America a Great Debt For Its Participation in the Second World War

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How to Fix the Environment? A Four-Thousand-Year-Old Reading List for Confronting Our Climate Emergency

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Martin Puchner in Conversation with Andrew Keen

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How to Spot a Fraud: Never Trust Anything That Sounds Too Good to Be True

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Why the Crisis of Teenage Anxiety Might Begin and End With Sleep Deprivation

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A Close Reading of Emily Dickinson’s Poem “Because I could not stop for Death”

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From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

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On the Etymologies and Linguistic Evolutions of “Family”

On the Etymologies and Linguistic Evolutions of “Family”

Marina Manoukian Explores the Communication of a Ubiquitous Idea Across Disparate Cultures

By Marina Manoukian | June 21, 2022

To the Stranger Who Returned My Lost Notebook

To the Stranger Who Returned My Lost Notebook

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The Coordination of 100 Muscles: On Reclaiming Speech as a Stutterer

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